Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) My mother woke me with a phone call: "Something is wrong in New York. A plane..." LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? When the tower collapsed, it didn't register right away what had really happened. The sky there... It took several minutes for it to sink in that the tower had collapsed, and then another tower fell. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? Similarly, it took a week for me to return to my art. After a week without writing a word, one morning I exploded with some 6000 words about seeking creative solutions, trying to find alternatives to the calls for revenge, for more terror in response. That essay freed me, somehow, enough to write a poem that afternoon about hope, healing, and home: The Difference Between Repair and Reconstruction As I sleep, this house creaks under the weight of wood on wood, the crankiness of masonry tile as it grinds against itself on the roof, like a pumice stone dragged along the edge of a tooth, the weakness of bones remembered in such sounds. I should thank this day for opening these wounds, for reminding me of what is needed to either start over or repair: the longing for wholeness that urges soft tissue to speak its promise to the torn skin beside, to whisper that it could find a way to bind again, not as new, but stronger for finding again the pulse through the pain, the cry, the first strains of song. Grant Hier Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource lc_story65.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-12-12 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 68.121.191.246